I grew up in a suburb of Kansas City (MO), and I wouldn't be too upset. There actually is a Kansas City in Kansas, right across the boarder. Now, if they dare suggest that their upstart Kansas City is better than the our Kansas City.... Well those are fighting words!;)
Good point! Obviously the Kansas portion is so unimportant that I forgot about it when I posted.:)
How many consumers used NT (at home). For the average consumer it was W95, W98, WinME, Win XP. Only the last was NT based, and it was designed to be as unsafe (by default) as the W95 line for compatability.
Americans work harder for longer hours, get paid more but die earlier. The French work less hours, get more holidays and live longer. So who is really the most successful?
The ones who can afford AC during summer heatwaves.
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I recently got a new printer and tried to install it on my dual-boot system under Windows. I kept getting "missing driver" errors. I rebooted to Mandrake 10 and it immedeately detected the new hardware and loaded the drivers off the Mandrake CD.
The good thing about Lindows/Spire is that if people are using it, it will be a lot harder for M$ to pressure hardware people to make Doze only crap. If hardware will run on Lindows, it will also run on Slackware/Debian/Gentoo.
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That makes it even better! Wal*mart DOESN'T give a flying fuck about Linux or Open Source or Free (tm) Software! They're "supporting" Linux because it's better for them (ie cheaper).
I don't know how I would have voted if Dean had done better, but by Super Tuesday, it was clear that he wasn't getting within shouting distance of the White House (and with Dean that's pretty damn far), so I voted for him as an anti-Kerry protest. Best of a bad lot, but still not good.
Basically, we have primary elections for the political parties. Since Bush was the incumbant, we didn't have one for the Republicans, but we got a bunch of candidates for the Democrats. They all sucked, so we tried to vote for the one who sucked least, and got the worst instead. Now, this candidate is going against Bush in the general election, and whoever wins, the American people still lose.:(
If I were a 90 year-old, I sure wouldn't trust the OS that kept spitting out viruses and worms! That's the LAST thing a sick, elderly person should be exposed to!
If your mom knows how to open a command-line, she could type "urpmi kewl-new-program". As a command-line person, I can't say how to do it through the GUI, but I know that it CAN be done through the GUI, and it's no harder than many Windows tasks.
All hardware does NOT work better with Windows. At least my printer didn't. It gave me a "missing driver" error. It worked perfectly in Mandrake 10. Mozilla and FireFox are far better than IE. I will admit that Gnucash is still behind Quicken.
Actually, slavery can be legal if the "slave" consents and if it's done right. I couldn't just sign a contract that says my friend owns me, but I probably could sign all my money & property over to him and agree to work for him for room and board. Legally, I could quit, but I'd have no money or house or car or even credit cards.
Of course, if I did any such thing, I should be institutionalized, but that's not the point.
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Why bother making a young person look old? Why not find someone who's already old and have him act sickly, when he's really healthy?
Over-reaction? Hey, we're justified for being upset at that. I'm going to boycott Subway - as soon as I pry this couch off my butt.
Good point! Obviously the Kansas portion is so unimportant that I forgot about it when I posted.
I'd be tolerant of them putting St. Louis in ILL. But if they say Kansas City is in Kansas, that means war!
That's not true. The networks cater to IDIOTS. Often the same thing, but not always.
Wrong! The Democrats are STILL pro-slavery! They just call it "welfare" these days.
I'd like to vote Badnarik. But I live in a battleground state, and I'd hate to see Kerry win my state by one vote and the White House by one state.
How many consumers used NT (at home). For the average consumer it was W95, W98, WinME, Win XP. Only the last was NT based, and it was designed to be as unsafe (by default) as the W95 line for compatability.
The ones who can afford AC during summer heatwaves.
I recently got a new printer and tried to install it on my dual-boot system under Windows. I kept getting "missing driver" errors. I rebooted to Mandrake 10 and it immedeately detected the new hardware and loaded the drivers off the Mandrake CD.
Comparing Mandrake's latest with Microsoft's latest sounds fair to me. The fact that Microsoft's latest is as old as Debian is irrelevant.
The good thing about Lindows/Spire is that if people are using it, it will be a lot harder for M$ to pressure hardware people to make Doze only crap. If hardware will run on Lindows, it will also run on Slackware/Debian/Gentoo.
That makes it even better! Wal*mart DOESN'T give a flying fuck about Linux or Open Source or Free (tm) Software! They're "supporting" Linux because it's better for them (ie cheaper).
I don't know how I would have voted if Dean had done better, but by Super Tuesday, it was clear that he wasn't getting within shouting distance of the White House (and with Dean that's pretty damn far), so I voted for him as an anti-Kerry protest. Best of a bad lot, but still not good.
"General Clark in the latest Democratic primary didn't suck"
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Actually, he did!
"Senator McCain in the 2000 Republican primary was far from sucking."
True, but I was thinking about 2004.
The problem is that there WERE no good candidates in the primary. They ALL sucked!
Basically, we have primary elections for the political parties. Since Bush was the incumbant, we didn't have one for the Republicans, but we got a bunch of candidates for the Democrats. They all sucked, so we tried to vote for the one who sucked least, and got the worst instead. Now, this candidate is going against Bush in the general election, and whoever wins, the American people still lose. :(
But 20-25% of the voters voted for the loon over the other bozos.
I thought cash registers used DOS. That's why they were called "POS" applications.
How does that differ from the current situation?
If I were a 90 year-old, I sure wouldn't trust the OS that kept spitting out viruses and worms! That's the LAST thing a sick, elderly person should be exposed to!
I don't need a GUI installer, but I DO want an installer that can actually detect my hardware. Every other distro has done that since the 90's!
If your mom knows how to open a command-line, she could type "urpmi kewl-new-program". As a command-line person, I can't say how to do it through the GUI, but I know that it CAN be done through the GUI, and it's no harder than many Windows tasks.
All hardware does NOT work better with Windows. At least my printer didn't. It gave me a "missing driver" error. It worked perfectly in Mandrake 10. Mozilla and FireFox are far better than IE. I will admit that Gnucash is still behind Quicken.
Actually, slavery can be legal if the "slave" consents and if it's done right. I couldn't just sign a contract that says my friend owns me, but I probably could sign all my money & property over to him and agree to work for him for room and board. Legally, I could quit, but I'd have no money or house or car or even credit cards.
Of course, if I did any such thing, I should be institutionalized, but that's not the point.